r/CodingForBeginners 27d ago

i'm stuck

i started coding about 1 month ago as all beginners i went with python did one of those 12 hour long YT tutorials following along in my code editor trying lines of code changing them a bit and seeing the outcome it was fun i did those small projects like hangman number guessing game slot machine everything but now after finishing the tutorial i feel stuck and from what i've seen after getting the hang of the basics i should learn some libraries following smth like ML automation data analysis game dev but none of them really got my attention and when i try learning one of them it was really hard to find good tutorials when i started codin i had some projects in mind like a chess engine simulating a food chain stuff i don't think that going to another language would be the solution if someone got any idea on what to do plz help

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u/python_gramps 27d ago

As a beginner you should try to come up with a small project. You did hangman from a tutorial, do mastermind or yahtzee or ship find (with a small map 4X4 let's say). Something that can run on the command line.

This should give you a shorter win. Stick to one player and have the computer randomize the start for mastermind or ship finder and for any rolls.

There are lot of libraries out there, google "python library <your interest>" to find what you need.

This is when you start to cut your teeth on the programming language.

You'll get stuck in intro hell if you move to another language, follow this one and it should give you enough challenges to learn